大学英语B 完型填空
1. You may meet Americans who know very little about your country. If this __⑴_ the case, be patient with them. Unfortunately, little is taught about the cultures or customs of other countries in America schools. The United States has always been separated from older countries by the vast oceans to the East and West of the country. As a __⑵__ Americans have not become so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things as is often the case in older countries. If Americans try to help you __⑶__ something that is very familiar to you, if they mistake your country for another of thousands of kilometers away, be patient with them. The United States has developed into a modern nation in a very short time __⑷__ with many other countries------only about 300 years. Americans have been very busy with growth of the country, with building roads and cities, establishing free education for millions of children, and making inventions, discoveries, and developments to benefit the whole world. The Nation's attention has been on the United States, not on the world, during most of this __⑸__ period. It is only since World War Two (1939-1945) that Americans have been more interested in other parts of the World. (1)
A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is 答案: E (2) A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is 答案: C (3) A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is 答案: A (4) A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is 答案: B (5) A. with B. compared C. result D. 300-year E. is 答案: D
2. American people divide their days into several blocks of time, and plan different activities ⑴ different times.
American time is \准确地). If something is supposed to happen at Eight o'clock, it will begin at eight. Americans value promptness(准时)and may become angry if a person is more than 15 minutes late ⑵ a good reason. If you know you are going to be late, call in advance and let someone know. ⑶ you arrive late, you should apologize and explain why. Americans arrive ⑷ time for doctors' appointments. The doctor may keep you ⑸ , but if you keep the doctor waiting, you may get a bill with the doctor's time! (1) A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without 答案: A (2) A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without 答案: E (3) A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without 答案: D (4) A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without 答案: C (5) A. for B. waiting C. on D. if E. without 答案: B
3. This is my timetable. I study at No.3 Middle School of Dongfang. From Monday to Friday I get up ___⑴___ 6:30 a.m. I have ___⑵__ at 7:00 and then I go to school. I don't like to be late. Our classes ___⑶__ at 8:30 a.m. We have four classes in the morning. I often have lunch at school with my classmates.
In the afternoon, we have two classes. Classes are over at 3:30, and I get home at 4:00. But sometimes I don't ___⑷___ school so early because I play basketball on the playground. I have supper at about 6:00. After supper I do my homework. I often watch TV, but sometimes I ___⑸__ to do some reading and the story books are very interesting. I usually go to bed at about 10:00 p.m. (1) A. leave
B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start 答案: B (2) A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start 答案: D (3) A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start 答案: E (4) A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start 答案: A (5) A. leave B. at C. like D. breakfast E. start 答案: C
4. Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four parts, __⑴___ a part. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
Your ship goes into ___⑵___ time part every day if you make a five-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean. As you go into each part, the time ___⑶___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you let it ahead. Each day of your journey has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.
If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___⑷___ the International Date Line. This is the point where a new day ___⑸___. When you go across the line, you change your calendar one full day, back or ahead. (1)
A. a different B. one hour C. cross D. changes E. begins 答案: B (2)